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Overview Whether you’re in the process of implementing Microsoft Dynamics or currently operating a Microsoft Dynamics solution, it’s likely that the standard software configuration must be tailored to meet your unique and evolving business requirements. The benefit of building your business system on the Microsoft platform is that you get to take advantage of the work Microsoft has… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article...
MacGyver Skills: The Software Project Survival Strategy for Technical Leads
If you don’t happen to know about the American TV show back in the 80’s staring Richard Dean Anderson called MacGyver it’s about a guy who creates unconventional solution to problems on the fly. Consulting software projects often contain surprise challenges that come up during implementation that were not foreseen in advance. Depending on how significant these challenges are it could mean… Continue Reading Stephan...
Why You Should Consider Dynamics 365 Monolithic Architecture Paradigms and Challenges
There’s a hidden pattern that Microsoft has been promoting for many years with Dynamics. It’s the notorious monolith pattern. Most applications that start off as one thing and then grow to become another typically begin as monoliths and that’s perfectly… Read More › The post Why You Should Consider Dynamics 365 Monolithic Architecture Paradigms and Challenges appeared first on Dynamics… Continue...
How to Address Dynamics 365 Online v9 Upgrade Performance Challenges
One of the major changes that happens when upgrading from Dynamics 365 version 8 to version 9 is the transition to running the platform on Azure SQL Database. This is definitely a great thing since it begins to inch the… Read More › The post How to Address Dynamics 365 Online v9 Upgrade Performance Challenges appeared first on Dynamics Mechanics. Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on their blog How to Address...
Podcast Episode 8: Creating Power Platform Custom Connectors
In this episode (brought to you by KingswaySoft), we discuss what custom connectors are, how to create them and considerations to keep in mind when it comes to architecture/performance. We’ll also talk about some alternative architecture scenarios for custom connectors using… Read More › The post Podcast Episode 8: Creating Power Platform Custom Connectors appeared first on Dynamics… Continue Reading Stephan...
Podcast Episode 7 – Understanding the Instant Dynamics Developer Fallacy
Home › Podcast › Podcast Episode 7 – Understanding the Instant Dynamics Developer Fallacy By Stephan Smith on January 15, 2019 • In this episodeof the Dynamics Mechanics podcast, we discuss the challenges faced by customers who try to build a greenfield Dynamics 365 business application with in-house developers without guidance or direction from an experienced consulting partner… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on...
Podcast Episode 6 – Introduction to Data Integration Patterns
Home › Podcast › Podcast Episode 6 – Introduction to Data Integration Patterns By Stephan Smith on January 3, 2019 • In this episode of the Dynamics Mechanics podcast, we discuss data integration strategies and considerations when building Dynamics 365 systems. Integration is a very significant topic when it comes to more complex and intricate systems that require interaction… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on...
Dynamics Careers: How to Create Your Dynamics 365 Learning Path
The two questions I’m asked most often is what’s the best way to learn Dynamics and how do I get a job with Microsoft? Let’s address the first question and we’ll talk about the second one after you’ve become a Dynamics Jedi master. When someone asks me how I learned my usual response is “the hard way”. These days the amount of content available is much more significant than it… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on...
Podcast Episode 4: The System Partitioning Strategy
By Stephan Smith on December 14, 2018 • In this episode (brought to you by KingswaySoft), Stephan Smith discusses the System Partitioning Strategy and the challenges of managing global deployment scenarios. As the number of enterprise customers adopting Dynamics grows, we’re beginning to see an increased number of large-scale global system deployments. In order to accommodate… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on...
Implementing Dynamics 365 Using the Scrum Framework Technical Lead Perspectives
I was listening to Neil Benson‘s Scrum Dynamics podcast on implementing Dynamics 365 using Scrum on my way to the office this morning. I started to recant my own project experiences over the past several years and the challenges I’ve faced. Neil made some interesting points and I thought it would be nice to augment his content with some stories of personal experiences I’ve had using… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s...
Dynamics Mechanics Episode 2: Workflows, Performance and Process Execution Modes
Home › Podcast › Dynamics Mechanics Episode 2: Workflows, Performance and Process Execution Modes By Stephan Smith on November 9, 2018 • In this episode (brought to you by KingswaySoft), Stephan Smith and Joel Lindstrom talk about the performance impact of workflow in your Dynamics 365 deployment. Topics discussed in this episode: Performance of background processes Performance… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article on...
Podcast Episode 1: Performance in large Dynamics 365 environments
Home › Podcast › Podcast Episode 1: Performance in large Dynamics 365 environments By Stephan Smith on September 16, 2018 • In this episode (brought to you by KingswaySoft), we discuss how performance can be a challenge as your Dynamics 365 system continues to grow over time. Stephan Smith has worked on multiple very large Dynamics deployments, and in this episode, he talks about… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s Article...
Dynamics 365 Architecture: Examining Record Status and Flagging Strategies
The status subsystem is a feature in the Dynamics platform that is often overlooked or at least often thought of as insignificant functionality that comes out of the box on every entity. Customizers have varying perspectives on how they ultimately use this feature. In the past, I’ve contemplated the best ways to maximize the value of record status as an information mechanism for users and… Continue Reading Stephan Smith’s...